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EXCLUSIVE: The Nuns Suing New York to Keep Caring for the Dying
On Friday, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne filed a complaint over the state’s new assisted dying law, arguing it forces religious workers to…
Madeleine Long
EXCLUSIVE: Ezra Jin, Pastor Jailed by China, Is Free
The church leader was reunited with his family in America on Friday, after 266 days in Chinese prison.
Frannie Block
I’m a Female Athlete. The Supreme Court Finally Gave Us the Protection We Need.
When Lia Thomas, a biological male, joined Penn’s women’s swim team, my coaches told me to accept it. The Supreme Court’s ruling on transgender athletes…
Paula Scanlan
The Greatness of the Constitution Shines in the Birthright Citizenship Case
The Court’s decision shows that constitutionalism is strong. The Justices stood against the president, and did so on a matter of core constitutional…
Jed Rubenfeld
Great Americans: The Man Who Put Evil on Trial
Robert H. Jackson grew up pitching hay in upstate New York and became the most morally serious jurist America has ever produced. Today, the America that…
Matthew Walther
The Iran Deal Trump Can’t Legally Make
A 2015 law bars the president from lifting sanctions on Iran until Congress has reviewed any nuclear agreement. The Trump administration is lifting them…
Jack Goldsmith
Great Americans: The Wisdom of Sandra Day O’Connor
She made herself a formidable justice in the same way she had learned to brand calves, fire a rifle, or turn a bobcat into a house pet while growing up…
Charles Lane
A Medical Student Took His Own Life. His Parents Blame the School.
After an accusation of wrongdoing and a late-night email from a school dean, Vaibhav Duggal died by suicide. Is the school responsible?
Frannie Block
They Stormed the Capitol. Now They Want Millions.
‘Take the money and run’ is how one January 6 rioter who wielded a tomahawk views the new Anti-Weaponization Fund. He says he only wants his ‘fair…
Tanner Nau
What People Who Choose Assisted Death Actually Say
Rupa Subramanya spent years interviewing Canadians before their assisted deaths. What she found in Canada’s medical assistance in dying program should…
Coleman Hughes
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Thirty Years Late, Justice Comes Knocking on Raúl Castro’s Door
The indictment of the elderly Cuban tyrant has been taken as a move in a bigger geopolitical game. But the underlying crime deserves to be remembered.
Roberto González
Inside the Supreme Court with Amy Coney Barrett
Shilo and Justice Barrett unpack the Constitution, divisive political battles, and the misconceptions surrounding one of America’s most powerful…
Shilo Brooks
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